Meanings
plural stablemen
- A person employed to take care of horses in a stable.
Near-synonyms: stablehand, stable boy, groom (all traditionally loosely synonymous)
1 more example
In fact, a horse that has been accustomed to be attended by a stableman will want to have little niceties done to him that a hawbuck of a groom never thinks of doing.
1851, Harry Hieover, The Pocket and the Stud, page 93Synonyms: stablehand, stable boy, groom[Appendix:Glossary
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person employed to take care of horses in a stable.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna man employed in a stable to take care of the horses
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*sth₂dʰlóm
- Proto-Italic*staðlom
- Latinstab(u)lum
- Anglo-Normanstable
- Middle Englishstable
- Englishstable
- Proto-Indo-European*mon-
- Proto-Germanic*mann-
- Proto-West Germanic*mann
- Old Englishmann
- Middle Englishman
- Englishstableman
Translations
Ancient Greek ἱπποκόπος
- ἱπποκόπος (hippokópos)person employed to take care of horses in a stable
Bulgarian коняр
- коняр (konjar)person employed to take care of horses in a stable
Finnish tallirenki
- tallirenkiperson employed to take care of horses in a stable
German Stallknecht
- Stallknechtperson employed to take care of horses in a stable
Irish giolla stábla
- giolla stáblaperson employed to take care of horses in a stable
Japanese 別当
- 別当 (bettō)person employed to take care of horses in a stable
Latin equīsō
- equīsōperson employed to take care of horses in a stable
Norwegian Bokmål stallkar
- stallkarperson employed to take care of horses in a stable
Polish koniuch
- koniuchperson employed to take care of horses in a stable
Romanian grăjdar
- grăjdarperson employed to take care of horses in a stable
Russian ко́нюх
- ко́нюх (kónjux)person employed to take care of horses in a stable
Cite this entry
stableman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stableman
“stableman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stableman. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stableman,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stableman.
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